To Treo or not to Treo

I consider myself somewhat of a technophile. I like new toys, especially electronics. I had been wanting to get one of the Treo Smartphones from PalmOne for quite some time, but they were just so expensive so I could never justify it. Well everyone at the new company I work for uses them. They are big on being "connected" since we are out of the office or in meetings so much. So I wanted it primarily for the e-mail capability but it is really quite useful for lots of stuff.

I actually get copies of all my emails from the 3 accounts that I use. It's sweet. You enter in your POP3 account settings and then it's like you have a mini Outlook right in your hand. Yes it only downloads text and on really long messages it will truncate them, but who cares. Most e-mails are short enough to recieve them in thier entirety and with the mini-querty keyboard I can even easily respond to the senders. It's so nice to be able to do that on the fly if you have to get somebody information quickly. Through Sprint PCS's Business Connection service I actually have a live connection to my company's Exchange server and all my appointments and emails get forwarded to me.

Then there is the web browser. Although it is difficult to see a clear web page due to screen size, all the data is there. So if I need to log into my bank's website to check a balance or even if I want to program what TV show I want my Tivo to record, I can do it all from the browser. This has proved very helpful.

Lastly, I always find random peices of info on the web that I think might be interesting to have on me if it ever comes up in conversation. So I copy the text into the notes section of my Outlook and everytime I sync the note is pushed into my memo pad of the phone for later viewing.

All I can say is that I think it will be hard for me to ever go back to a normal phone if I have to. I'm hooked on the Smartphone and I think you should check it out if you can find a deal on one. The only thing you will regret is not getting one sooner.

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